Bond & Grace | Summer at Nepenthe Gallery

Summer at Nepenthe

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Anne Corlett | Saugatuck, MI Renee Phillips | Delray Beach, FL Abigail Matheson | Charleston, SC

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FROM TH E ART IST

Anne Corlett

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Cloud Solace Anne Corlett Oil Paint 30 x 24 x 1.5

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ABOUT TH E ART

Anne's Cloud Solace is a simple yet vibrant composition that captures the texture and layers of the sky. While the Azure background and picturesque clouds are lovely to behold, they are transient and immaterial. A hint of gray on the underbelly of the clouds allude to shadows yet to come.

Anne Corlett (b. 1960)

Saugatuck, MI “Clouds intrigue me. They remind me that, just like them, I exist for just a blink of an eye and have little actual control over my destiny.”

PRICE

$2,800

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No Good Choice Anne Corlett Oil Paint 30 x 24 x 1.5

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ABOUT TH E ART

No Good Choice depicts a stormy coastal landscape, reminiscent of Victor's time in the Orkney Islands. Harsh and unforgiving, the environment symbolizes the fraught relationship between Victor and the Creature, which has reached a point of no return. While a vague light glimmers in the distance, the stormy sea makes the hope of reconciliation dim. Victor and the Creature are like waves against the rocks, neither willing to relent to the other.

Anne Corlett (b. 1960)

Saugatuck, MI “At this point in the story, it is clear that Victor’s fate is irrevocably linked to the monster’s. The harsh conditions of the stony shore embody this reality and point towards the impossible choice he must make.”

PRICE

$2,800

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FROM TH E ART IST

Renee Phillips

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Nature vs Nurture Renee Phillips Latex, Spray Paint on Wood Panel 20"H x 24"W x 1.5"D

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ABOUT TH E ART

In Nature vs Nurture, Renee comments on the tension between innate biological attributes and the reaction to lived experience.

Renee captures this dynamic in a meeting of texture and color, creating an ambiguous conflict in which it is unclear who is winning and who is losing. Interestingly, rather than these two matters meeting in the middle, they join at the bottom of the canvas in a flash of white, indicating that perhaps in the joining of nature and nurture we create something entirely new.

Renee Phillips (b. 1981)

Delray Beach, FL “My work often depicts aerial imagery of Earth’s surface and the rapidly changing landscape along our sea and shoreline due to human impact. Having witnessed those changes, I believe that the destructive impact we have had on our planet is the sole responsibility of the human race.”

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$2,750

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Wind & Fog Renee Phillips Latex, Spray Paint on Wood Panel 28"W x 18"H

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ABOUT TH E ART

Wind and Fog explores the sensory environments that occur throughout the novel, both in the Arctic and in the mountains and valleys of Geneva. The power of nature is a recurring theme in Frankenstein and is captured here in Renee's signature use of latex and spray paint, manipulated by the very natural forces the work comments on such as water, wind, and gravity. Rich blues melt and combine with gray, black, and white in this painting that is somehow both simple and staggeringly complex.

Renee Phillips (b. 1981)

Delray Beach, FL “Wind and Fog was made with my signature technique using latex and spray paint, manipulated with wind, water and gravity.”

PRICE

$1,900

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FROM TH E ART IST

Abigail Matheson

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The Rose I Abigail Matheson Watercolor & Graphite on Paper 16.75"W x 20.25"H

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ABOUT TH E ART

Abigail’s Rose I & II are not only representative of those in the garden, beloved

by Colin’s mother, but also the rose that is Mary herself. Thorns and all, Mary heals and maintains the garden, simultaneously healing herself along the way. Posing many roses before deciding on this final bloom, Abigail mimics Mary's enduring personality.

Abigail Matheson (b. 1992)

Charleston, SC

PRICE

$1,435

“The vanitas still life is a traditional composition that harkens back to 17th-century Holland. The painting itself is in the same classical style that would have been found in the halls of Misselthwaite Manor. The ephemeral nature of the eggs, nest, and wilting flowers remind us of the temporary nature of life. The wind rifles through the blank papers waiting to be filled with the next adventure, which the key unlocks.”

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The Rose II Abigail Matheson Watercolor & Graphite on Paper 16.75"W x 20.25"H

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ABOUT TH E ART

Abigail’s Rose I & II are not only representative of those in the garden, beloved

by Colin’s mother, but also the rose that is Mary herself. Thorns and all, Mary heals and maintains the garden, simultaneously healing herself along the way. Posing many roses before deciding on this final bloom, Abigail mimics Mary's enduring personality.

Abigail Matheson (b. 1992)

Charleston, SC

PRICE

$1,435

“The vanitas still life is a traditional composition that harkens back to 17th-century Holland. The painting itself is in the same classical style that would have been found in the halls of Misselthwaite Manor. The ephemeral nature of the eggs, nest, and wilting flowers remind us of the temporary nature of life. The wind rifles through the blank papers waiting to be filled with the next adventure, which the key unlocks.”

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